Funky Winkerbean

comics, criticism, media August 15th, 2006

I have loathed the strip for so long it’s not even funny. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Batiuk lives to kill or inure his characters (last week, he married off the amputee girlfriend to the high school coach thirty years her senior, and then gave everyone food poisoning, so they could hold the wedding in a fucking hospital),but the ongoing plot involving Les and Lisa, who’s already had a double mastectomy, saw her cancer go into remission, only to have it return is really really sad. I can’t make fun of this, other than to curse Tom Batiuk for coming up with this grim plot. Jesus Fucking Christ, dude: the comics are supposed to be funny, irrelevant, or chronicle the lives of super-heroes. They’re not supposed to send you falling into depression.

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See what I mean? I don’t even LIKE these characters and I feel bad.

2 Responses to “Funky Winkerbean”

  1. somegirl Says:
    August 15th, 2006 at 2:52 am

    omg!!! that i horrible.
    thanks for the heads up because really, i wasn’t depressed enough.

  2. Brendan Calling - I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. » Open Letter to Tom Batiuk Says:
    July 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am

    [...] Lisa, who’s been battling cancer for god-knows how long. When I wrote about her struggles on August 15 and August 25 2006, Lisa’s cancer had been an ongoing theme since 1999. It’s kinda [...]

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